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    Can Congress Find the Political Will to Solve Our Flood Problems?

    Can Congress Find the Political Will to Solve Our Flood Problems?

    By Tara Lohan It’s been the wettest 12 months on record in the continental United States. Parts of the High Plains and Midwest are still reeling from deadly, destructive and expensive spring floods — some of which have lasted for three months. Mounting bills from natural disasters like these have prompted renewed calls to reform […]

    Investigation Reveals Trump Admin’s ‘Disturbing’ Disregard for Data, Science, Public Health and Environment After Hurricane Harvey

    Investigation Reveals Trump Admin’s ‘Disturbing’ Disregard for Data, Science, Public Health and Environment After Hurricane Harvey

    By Andrea Germanos President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas state officials rejected an offer from NASA scientists in 2017 to use their state-of-the-art flying laboratory to evaluate air quality in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, new reporting by the Los Angeles Times reveals. “This is disturbing,” said Lina Hidalgo, judge for Texas’s […]

    Hurricane Florence: Carolinas to See 50% More Rain Due to Climate Change

    Hurricane Florence: Carolinas to See 50% More Rain Due to Climate Change

    Hurricane Florence, which the first pre-storm study of its kind shows will be more than 50 percent wetter due to climate change, began to soak North Carolina Thursday night into Friday morning, The Washington Post reported. While the hurricane was downgraded to a category 1 storm, as of 5:16 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) it had […]

    Hawaii Devastated by Flooding as Lane Rainfall Nears U.S. Record

    Hawaii Devastated by Flooding as Lane Rainfall Nears U.S. Record

    Although Hawaii avoided a direct hit by Hurricane Lane, which weakened to a tropical storm over the weekend, areas of the Big Island were inundated with waist-deep water and flash flooding. Mountain View, located on the east side of the island, received a preliminary total of 51.53 inches of rain from Aug. 22-26—the third highest […]